http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with legal news that matters en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276041,demjanjuk-pronounced-fit-for-war-crimes-trial--summary.html Munich - Doctors believe John Demjanjuk, 89, is physically and mentally able to stand trial for his alleged role in killing 29,000 Jews at a Nazi concentration camp, German prosecutors said Friday. But he would not be able to stand more than two dail... Legal,General Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:29:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276041,demjanjuk-pronounced-fit-for-war-crimes-trial--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276036,german-bar-owner-jailed-over-fatal-drink-duel-with-teen.html Berlin - A German bar-owner was sent to prison for 41 months Friday for a drinking duel with a teenaged boy which plunged the schoolboy into a fatal coma. The Berlin bar owner cheated, mainly pouring himself water, while 16-year-old Lukas drank at le... Legal,General Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:35:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276036,german-bar-owner-jailed-over-fatal-drink-duel-with-teen.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276002,demjanjuk-deemed-able-to-stand-trial.html Munich - John Demjanjuk, 89, is deemed physically and mentally able to stand trial for his alleged role in killing 29,000 Jews at a Nazi concentration camp in 1943, German prosecutors said Friday, quoting a medical report. Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk, a... Legal,General Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:05:46 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276002,demjanjuk-deemed-able-to-stand-trial.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275924,judge-dismisses-charges-in-myspace-hoax-death.html Los Angeles - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a criminal case against a woman who was charged with computer fraud for signing up for a false MySpace account and using it to badger a 13- year-old girl, who later committed suicide. Lori Drew, 50,... Legal,General Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:11:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275924,judge-dismisses-charges-in-myspace-hoax-death.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275814,medics-arrested-in-latvian-murder-probe.html Riga - Latvian police said Thursday they had arrested three men, including two medics, as part of an investigation into a murder ring. According to the Baltic News Service, police chief Andrejs Grisins said a paramedic, a medical student and a third ... Legal,General Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:35:34 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275814,medics-arrested-in-latvian-murder-probe.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275813,court-decriminalizes-gay-sex-in-india--summary.html New Delhi - A court in New Delhi on Thursday decriminalized gay sex between consenting adults by striking down a nearly 150-year-old law that made homosexuality a crime. In its landmark judgement, the Delhi High Court said the law violated the Indian... Legal,General Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:29:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275813,court-decriminalizes-gay-sex-in-india--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275804,eu-court-rules-bavarian-beer-must-come-from-bavaria.html Luxembourg - A European court ruled Thursday that Bavarian beer can only come from the southern German region, in a move that could force one Dutch producer to change the name of its brew. The case was referred to the Luxembourg-based European Cour... Legal,General Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:59:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275804,eu-court-rules-bavarian-beer-must-come-from-bavaria.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275774,khmer-rouge-child-prisoner-describes-last-time-he-saw-his-mother.html Phnom Penh - A former child prisoner at a notorious Khmer Rouge torture facility wept Thursday as he described to Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal the last time he saw his mother before she was murdered by the Maoist regime. Norng Chan Phal, ... Legal,General Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:17:48 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275774,khmer-rouge-child-prisoner-describes-last-time-he-saw-his-mother.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275652,defendant-kills-witness-in-german-courtroom.html Dresden,Germany - A defendant killed a female witness in a stabbing drama at a German courtroom on Wednesday, police said. The 28-year-old man was overpowered by police after the knife attack in the east German city of Dresden. A gunshot was fired du... Legal,General Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:53:42 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275652,defendant-kills-witness-in-german-courtroom.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275611,khmer-rouge-survivor-tells-court-of-wifes-death-in-torture-prison.html Phnom Penh - A survivor of a notorious Khmer Rouge torture prison wept Wednesday as he told Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes tribunal how the Maoist regime murdered his wife after accusing the couple of being CIA and KGB spies. Bou Meng, 68, who is on... Legal,General Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:17:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275611,khmer-rouge-survivor-tells-court-of-wifes-death-in-torture-prison.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275585,malaysian-court-sentences-indonesians-to-hang-for-drug-trafficking.html Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia's high court sentenced two Indonesians to death by hanging after they were caught carrying 53 kilograms of cannabis in the boot of their car two years ago, a news report said Wednesday. The two men, aged 28 and 30, were found ... Legal,General Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:05:35 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275585,malaysian-court-sentences-indonesians-to-hang-for-drug-trafficking.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275524,german-court-affirms-swim-compulsion-for-muslim-girl.html Muenster,Germany - The controversial powers of German schools to compel Muslim girls to attend swimming lessons with boys in the pool were affirmed Tuesday by a tribunal. The ruling came just five days after a federal convention had appealed to Germa... Legal,General Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:41:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275524,german-court-affirms-swim-compulsion-for-muslim-girl.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275478,european-court-confirms-ban-on-basque-separatist-party--summary.html Madrid - The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has confirmed a 2003 ban on the Basque separatist party Batasuna, Spanish government sources said Tuesday. Batasuna is widely regarded as the political wing of the armed Basque separatist grou... Legal,General Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:41:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275478,european-court-confirms-ban-on-basque-separatist-party--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275472,spanish-court-shelves-human-rights-probe-against-israel.html Madrid - Spain's National Court on Tuesday decided to shelve an investigation launched by one of its judges into a 2002 bombing by Israel on Gaza Strip, judicial sources said. The bombing killed Hamas leader Salah Shehade and 14 others. Judge Fernand... Legal,General Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:59:49 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275472,spanish-court-shelves-human-rights-probe-against-israel.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275354,us-supreme-court-overturns-sotomayor-white-firemen-discriminated.html Washington - A group of white firefighters were wrongfully denied promotions because no African Americans had qualified, the US Supreme Court ruled Monday in a landmark race case that also affects President Barack Obama's nominee to the country's hig... Legal,General Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:50:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275354,us-supreme-court-overturns-sotomayor-white-firemen-discriminated.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275341,madoff-gets-150-years-in-prison-for-financial-fraud--update.html New York - Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday, the maximum sentence possible, for a 65-billion-dollar financial fraud that affected hundreds investors around the world. New York Judge Denny Chin said the 71-year-old Madoff's f... Legal,General Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:02:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275341,madoff-gets-150-years-in-prison-for-financial-fraud--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275324,munch-theft-suspect-sentenced.html Oslo - A Norwegian appeals court Monday sentenced a man to prsion for his role in the 2004 armed theft of two paintings by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. Bjorn Hoen, 41, received a two-and-a-half-year sentence. That was six years shorter than what ha... Legal,General Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:38:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275324,munch-theft-suspect-sentenced.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275294,demjanjuk-medical-verdict-expected-this-week.html Munich - Doctors are expected to give their verdict this week on whether accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk is healthy enough to stand trial, prosecutors said Monday. We are going on the assumption that he is at least partially fit to go on tr... Legal,General Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:08:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275294,demjanjuk-medical-verdict-expected-this-week.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275238,former-congo-vice-president-to-appear-before-international-court.html The Hague - Congolese politician Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo is due to appear before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague Monday afternoon for a procedural hearing about his pre-trial detention. The ICC's rules of procedure and evidence de... Legal,General Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:35:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275238,former-congo-vice-president-to-appear-before-international-court.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275177,jordanian-sentenced-to-15-years-in-jail-for-stabbing-german-tourist.html Amman - Jordan's State Security Court on Sunday sentenced a Jordanian to 15 years in jail with hard labour for attacking a German tourist in downtown Amman last year, judicial sources said. Mohammad Barham, 35, was found guilty of having stabbed tour... Legal,General Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:29:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/275177,jordanian-sentenced-to-15-years-in-jail-for-stabbing-german-tourist.html